Mike Willesee had one of the best bullshit-detectors in journalism. And was a master of the ‘give them enough rope’ school of television interviewing, as politicians such as John Hewson discovered. A giant of our business. Vale Mike Willesee.

When hard questions needed to be asked, Mike Willesee asked them and he prompted and rephrased until he got answers. He helped a generation of journalists to aspire to be great. My thoughts are with his family and friends.